Rail-anchor.



RAIL' ANceron. APPLICATION rlLp MAY 2n 1912.

\ Pafentedqn. 22.11918.

P; W. MOORE.

RAILANCHOR. APPLlcAlr man MANI. 1917...

Patented Jan.22,1918

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' more particularly W. MOORE, OIF EVNSTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 THE P & M COMPANY, 0F Y CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION l y RAIL-ANCHOR.

- To all whom it' may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP W. Moons, a

4,citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Coolr and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aibAnchors, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention rela-tes to devices' for the purpose of preventing 'the longitudinal movement or creeping of railroad rails, and to an anti-creeping device or rail anchor of the general type of the anchor patented to D. l?. and D. L. .Vaughan in- United States Letters Patent No. 1,021,387, issued March 26, 1912, .in which' spring action is relied upon to maintaina `firm hold of the device on the rail. i

The principal object of this invention is to provide an anchor, of the `spring type, which will p the'base anges of which diifer somewhat in size or contour. Rails even of the same weight and made presumably in conformity with the same standard will be found not infrequently to diii'er to va certain extent, in their base iange dimensions due, for eXample, to incorrect' rolling, or it may be to oorrosion of the base of the rail after the rail has been subjected to theweather for some time. In an anchor of .the spring type any .deviation from the standard contour involving a narrowing or thinning of the base lianges results necessarily in lessening the e'ectivey grip of the device on the rail provided lthere is no provisionin the anchor itself for' adapting 1t to rail bases of the lesser dimensions. My invention provides a rail anchor ,so constructed asto permit an initial adjustment or application ofthe device to a rail which may be made in accordance with the size and any ordinary variation from the standard this invention,

and construction of its parts, the rail anchor above referred to,A it wni be contour doesy not impair the effectiveness of the device in the function.

While I have shown a rail anchorwhich, except for the improvements constituting closely resembles, in the form performance of its intended Specilcation of Letters Patent.

lgrip with equal tenacity rails,-

c'ontour of the rail base so that` OF ILLINOIS.

, ing the sprlng member in the position of interlocked engagement with the other membe'l of the anchor which it takes on railsof maximum siz Figs l and 5 are similar views to 'illus-A' trate adjustments of the spring member Afor rails having base flanges smallerin'their dil mensions 'in perspective, of the shoe or rigid element of the anchor, and

Fig. 7 is an end view of the device to illustrate the manner in which the engagement between the spring member and' shoe is brought about. Y i

"Likecharacters of reference designate like parte in the several gures of the drawin s. i

n the drawings the rail is indicated'at 10 and the tic at 11. The arrow (Fig. l) indicates the creeping tendency which the `anchor is designed to check.

The anchor consists of "a shoe or rigid member 12, which is preferably a malleable casting, and a spring bar 13 preferably rnade of steel. The casting 12 is formed to provide a jaw 14 which engages one edge of the base flange 15 of the rail, and a foot or tie abutting plate 16 adapted to bear'against Fig. 6 isY a.`view,

` the side face of tie 11.

The spring member 13 is formed with a'` hook or jaw 1'( adapted to engage the base iiange of the rail at a point opposite shoe 12, the upper portion of the jaw being bent so as to providea diagonally disposed lip 18 which' bears upon the upper surface; of. the rail basel The other' end of the spring member 13 is formed with an enlargement 19.

The portion of the spring member extending under the base o1 the rail is preferably, though not necessarily, given a slight twist so the normal position p 19 will be oblique to the plane of the Jaw 17. The shoe is formedwith a recess 20 adapted to receive Vthe enlargement ,19 on the spring member. The web 2l, on one side of the vrecess '20fis formed with notches providing Series 0f i Sterne@ mais 2.2, 23, ai `fm,- `the of the enlar ement' Patented dan. 22, i913. l Appncanon filed may 21, nu?. a serial No. 169,934.

.Y upper edge'oi the enlargement 19. The web 2 5 on the other side of recess 2O is provided with a lug 26 formed with notches providing a series of stepped seats 22, 23, 24a for ""miun dimensionsthe springmeinber will be engaged with the seats 22, 22a. For rails "haring smaller rail bases the spring member "Y'iuay be made to engage either with seats 23,

f2-3a vor seats 24, 24E. VVhen the spring member 13 is in either of the above positions, the f`s`pring action of the member, in tending to assume the normal position from which it :'iwas vsprung by a torsionaloi` twisting action i' '24, 241. In any ase,-t he torsional strain of the spring member produces a stress by Y Sfwhich the `tie-abuttingl me ber or shoe is ."fir-mly held to the rail.

y means -of the diii'erent-interlocked engagements with each y other to accommodate the anchor to rail bases of differing contour.

tending around said shoe and theopposite the lower edge of the enlargement 19 of the A rail anchor comprising' ashoeand a 7 0 springmemben The web 25 is preferably, torsion spring member' which together ein- 'v -but not necessarily, formed above lug 2G brace the base of `the rail and .which are with a'stop lug 27. capable of different nterlocked engagements The deviceis applied to the rail in the -With each other to accommodate the anchor manner shown in Fig. 7. The shoe 12 is to rail bases of differing contour. 75 driven upon vone edge of the rail base. The 4. A rail anchor comprising a shoe engage .""i'hook 17 of the spring member is engaged ing the rail baseon o'ne side thereof anda 'with theopposite edgeiof the rail base, the spring bar extending around said shoeand enlargement 1 9 lying in the recess V2G in the the opposite edge of the rail baise, and adapt. shoe; By'me'ans of a claw bar or wrench ed to have diferent interlocking engage-.8o

528' applied to the enlargement 19, the spring ments with the shoe to accommodate the `member is twisted and raised so that it may anchor to rail bases of differing contour. vbeseated against one of the three pairs of 5. A-rail anch'or comprising a shoe-engagl -"'"seats"22,'22*1, 23, 23 or 24, 24 (Figs. 3, 4 and 'ing the rail base on.one side thereof and a 75).4 For a rail having a base of the maXispring bar capable of torsional strain ex- 85 edge of the rail base, andadaptedto have f different interlocking engagements with the shoe. which subjects the spring to torsional strain, to accommodate the anchor'to rail 90 bases of differing contour. f

6. A rail anchor comprisingashoe engaging the rail base on one side `thereof and. a.' spring bar extending around Ysaid shoe and on saidibar and'fshoe whereby said elements Vwlien being applied, is exerting a forward the oppositeedgeof the rail base`,.and means 95,

"anddownward pressureon the diagonally on said bar and shoe whereby said elements disposed. lip 18 againstitherail base. A remay have different interlocking engagements feverseor rearwardpressure upon the enlarge. subjecting vthe .spring bar to strain.

' ment 19 is exerted againstthe notched seats 7. Arail anchor comprising afshoe engag- 22, 23 or 24, as theease may be, thus causing ing the rail base on one side thereof andv av 100 the jaw `17`to firmly grip. V the rail base'. spring bar extending around said shoe and By the arrangement jnst described the the opposite edge .of the rail base, andmeans 'tenacity with :whih the anchor engages the on saidbar and shoe-'whereby said elements rail will not be affected Ieven if the base-of may have dilerent,interlocking engage tlirail be worn through corrosion or 'is `ments subjecting the "spring bar to' torsional 10o.

:" snialler than the standard contour due to strain. Y

incorrect rolling. 'The difference in the size 8. A rail anchor comprisinga shoe'engag- "o fthcLi-a il bases will be compensated by the ing the rail base on oneside'thereof and a Igreater'distortion produced when the spring spring bar extendingaround said shoe and member is engaged with seaits 23, 23 orseats theopposite edge of therail base, and means -110 may. have; dileieritl 'interlocking engagements subjecting thesp'ring bar to strains of d'ierent interloeked engagements between 9. A rail anchorcom` risin a shoe en aO'- 1 15V n P g g a:

' t11e spr1ng-me1nber andvth shoethis stress ina-y` b'e maintained at approximatel maximum, with reference to the capacity of f the the-spring member -to resist breaking, even ing the'rail b ase on one side thereof and a vsp 1ir 1,f .1, bar extending around said shoe and the opposite edge of the rail base, and means on said bar and shoe whereby said elements spring, which are capable of diiierent enlthoughyasfrequently happens, the rail base may have diii'erent interlocking engage- 120 umfybesinaller than normal. 4 ments subjectingthe spring bartot-orsional 1I- claimt strainsofdi'erent degrees.

f lfA'rail anchor comprising members em- L10.' A rail anchor comprising members em'- br aein, `:the'baseof the rail,A one being :a bracing' the base of vthe mail, one being a Y spring`,Whiehare eapable'of different inten ""spring', which are capable of different en- 125 locked engagements with each other toiae-v gagements With each-other, eaohof Which commodate--the anchor to rail bases of die'rproducesdistortionof said springmember.

.- ing-'contoury-lhArail anchor `'comprising inembers'em-f 2. .ifrlail anchor comprising a shoe andal 'bracing the base of the 1ai1,one.being a spring'member `which. together 'embrace the 130 member. A

l2. A rail anchor comprising members embracing the base of the rail, one being a spring, which are capable of different en'- gagements with each other which produce strains' of different degrees in said. spring member. i.

13.v A rail anchor comprisingmembers em bracing the base ofthe rail, one being a spring, Whicjh are capable of dierent engagements with each other, which produce torsional strains of'different degrees in said spring member.

14. A rail anchor comprising a shoe and a spring which together embrace the base of the rail and are capable of of the spring member.

15. A rail anchor comprising a 'shoe and a spring which together embrace the base of the rail and are capable of different engageroduce distortion the rail and are capable of different engagements with each other to produce torsional strain of the spring member in diii'erent degrees. i

18. A rail anchor comprising a shoe and a spring member which together embrace the base of the rail, said shoe being formed with a plurality of pairs of seats adapted to be engaged by the spring member with an en# gagement which subjects `said member to strain.

19. A rail anchor comprising Va shoe and a spring member which together embrace the base of the rail, said shoe being formed with' a plurality of pairs of seats adapted to be engaged by the sprin member with `an engagement which subjects said member to torsional strain.

20. A rail anchor comprising a shoe and a fiat spring 'bar which together embrace the base of the rail, said shoe being formed with a plurality of pairs of stepped notches adapted to be engaged by the edges of the spring bar with an engagement which subjects said barto strain.

21. A rail anchor comprisinga shoe and a fiat spring bar which together embrace the base of the rail, said shoe being termed with a plurality of pairs of stepped notches different engagements with each otherto produce distortion.

adapted to be engaged by the edges of the spring bar with `an engagement which subjects said bar to strain which varies in ac cordance With the particular pair of notches engaged by said spring member.

22. A rail anchor comprising a shoe hav.

ing a jaw adapted to lit over ,one edge of the base flange of a rail, and a fiat spring bar havin a hook adapted to engage the opposite e ge of the rail base and provided at its opposite end with an enlargement, said shoe member` beingformed With two sets of stepped notches adapted to be engaged by the enlargement of the'epring member so as to snbject said spring member to torsional strain.

23. A rail anchor comprising a shoe and a springmember which together embrace the base oi the rail, said shoe being formed with a plurality of seats adapted to be "engaged by the spring member with an engagement' which subjects saidmember to strain.

24. A. rail anchor comprising a shoe having a jaw adapted to fit over one edge of the base flange of a rail, and a fiat spring bar having a diagonally disposed hook adapted to engage the opposite edge of the rail base andpro'vided `at its opposite end with an enlargement, said shoe member being formed with stepped notches adaptedto be engaged by the enlargement ci. the spring member so as to subject said spring member to torsional strain. l

25. A rail anchor comprising a shoe having a jaw adapted to ft over the edge of the basefiange of 'a rail, and a flat spring bar having a jaw adapted to engage the opposite edge of the rail base and provided at its oppOSile ends with an enlargement disposed obliqnely with respect to theplane of said last mentioned jaw, said shoe member being formed with stepped notches adapted to be engaged by the enlargement of the spring member se'as to subject said spring member to torsional strain.

26. A rail anchor comprising a shoe havopposite directions, and said shoe member being, formed with stepped notches adapted to be engaged by the enlargement ofthe spring member so as to subject saidspring member go torsional strain. v l

PHILIP W. MOORE. 

